Ming-jing Li, Yong Wang, Dexue Fu
Nov 1, 2007
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Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
Abstract
The title compound (systematic name: methyl 3-carboxy-2-carboxymethyl-2-hydroxypropanoate), C7H10O7, was isolated from the Chinese yam Dioscorea opposita Thunb. In the crystal structure, the molecules present a two-dimensional structure arising from intermolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.